Besler Catering continues to make a difference with mass and transported catering services throughout the Çukurova region. Without ever compromising on quality, Besler Catering, which succeeds in offering its unique flavors to even its most distant customers at the same temperature and taste, leaves other Catering companies in the Çukurova region behind not only by preparing good food but also with its organizational skills. The reason underlying this is that it was established and is managed by people who care about food culture and follow the traces of flavor. Although Catering (Mass Food Service) sounds like a very new concept to our ears, its history dates back centuries. Here is the appetizing history of Anatolian tables filled with unique flavors prepared by Besler Catering...
Unlike humanity's basic needs, the concept of food has always been seen as a sacred value and is an important culture. The Anatolian geography also has the quality of a civilization basin where food culture is quite deep-rooted...
Mass Catering Service During the Anatolian Beyliks Period
It is possible to trace the history of Catering in Anatolia back to the period of the first beyliks (principalities). Following the Battle of Manzikert, many Great Seljuk commanders organized raids into Anatolia and established principalities bearing their own names with the promise that the lands they conquered would be theirs. In this chaotic political atmosphere, each of these beys almost entered a race to set the biggest tables and feed the most poor people. The banquets organized and soup kitchens established meant the introduction of the Catering sector to Anatolian lands. This culture continued its existence by becoming institutionalized during the Anatolian Seljuk period and the Ottoman period.
Mass Catering Organizations During the Ottoman Empire
Turkish society, which has always attached great importance to social cooperation and solidarity, laid the foundations of the Catering (Mass Food) sector through the waqf (foundation) system and the soup kitchens (imarethane) it established.
Mass food service, which started with Orhan Gazi after the conquest of Bursa and continued uninterruptedly, held an important place within Ottoman culture. Established soup kitchens offered free food service for the poor, students, and travelers.
In addition to soup kitchens, mass food organizations were also arranged in inns (hans), caravanserais, and within the army.
Development of the Mass Catering Sector in the Republic Period
By the 20th century, the Ottoman Empire left its place to the young and contemporary Republic of Turkey. The young republic led to the birth of the urban working class as a result of the industrialization move it started across the country. There was a great need for modern mass food (Catering) services to meet the food needs of workers working in factories and to provide the amount of calories they needed.
Therefore, the Republic period witnessed the birth of the Catering sector in the modern sense we know today. Of course, events such as World War II and the Great Depression of 1929 hindered the existence of strong private capital in the country. Therefore, the first Catering services were carried out by the state itself through public organizations. Mass food production for laborers started in factories and heavy industry facilities.
Time passed. The young republic succeeded in raising important food and chemical engineers and important chefs thanks to the breakthroughs it made in the field of education. The Catering sector developed rapidly thanks to industrial facilities and boarding schools spreading all over the country. As a result of the increase in migration from village to city after World War II and the strengthening private capital making large investments in the mass food sector, the Catering sector rapidly started to reach its current level.
The 80s are an important breaking point. Thanks to encouraging and incentivizing policies, Catering culture became widespread rapidly, and after the inclusion of foreign capital in the competition following the increasing demand, companies entering a relentless race with each other in the fields of quality, technology, and flavor achieved rapid growth.
Today, Besler Catering provides Catering service to many important institutions and brands in Adana, Osmaniye, Mersin, Hatay, and the districts connected to these provinces. Carrying the bar to the top in the mass food sector in the entire Çukurova region with the quality of food, the mastery of chefs, the technology used, and organizational capability, Besler Catering continues to grow with your love.
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